what are the bigest wheels that will fit on a 74 kombi without hacking the gaurds. And if I have to hack the gaurds where dO i find a flare kit?
Andy.

Try
http://www.baja.com/kombi/ 
under the tech setion for some info
i'm about to try to do the same so let us know how you go
Kurt

215/75 R15's all round on Andy ('77 bus). Fit's with no mods, only just touches the top of the front guards if you bottom it out hard, also the tyre just rubs the torsion bar at the front at full lock.
I have merc rims, but you need to watch the offset as they do vary. Can't remember what mine are, but they are close to stock.
:thumb

Are there 2 andy's in Brisbane both driving kombis :o:o:o:o

I'm pretty sure you can put 215 r 15s on these rims on a standard kombi with no packing and no chopping of the gaurds. saw them on a kombi at a hardings swap meet and asked the woman who was driving the bus and this was the size rims they had on. cheers, fish

I had 6.5x15 Et 37 Merc rims on my '74 Kombi with 215/75 on front and 31x10.5 on the back, only 10mm clearance outside of tyre to inside of wheel arch. Never had any trouble with rubbing even in the rough and it looked great.
I am putting 5.5x15 Merc Vito van rims (centers shifted 20mm inwards) on my '66 Baja Splittie with 215/75s allround. Vito rims are a lot stronger than sedan rims which is better for serious offroad work, the bolt holes are bigger also which allows the nuts to seat better and go further on the stud.
I am also making up a set of 6x16 rims with 205R16 stock type 4x4 tyres as these are very easy to pick up when you bugger a tyre in the outback. I tried 5 tyre places in Alice Springs 2 yrs ago to get 215/15s after wrecking 2 tyres, all they had was rows of 205/16s and they said that hardly anyone runs 15s anymore. I finally got a pair from the ARB bloke (the only pair he had).
Cheers,
Ian.

i gotta see that

how did you get on with tyres andy??

yeh fish I am still considering my options at the moment as I think to get decient wheels in there I will have to hack the gaurds. If I decide to keep the beast I would like 10.5-31s on back and 9-29s on front.

sounds good. 15inch?

I don't necessarily believe that wider is better. Going to a larger diameter tyre will lengthen the footprint of the tyre without widening it, give the same effect of having more rubber on the ground. This is actually desirable when driving on sand, because it allows for a lower ground pressure without increasing the amount of sand you have to push through.

I haven't gone any further with the idea than test fitting 7.50-16 tyres from my 4x4 on the back of my kombi. They fit very nicely but would obviously need new wheels to suit the stud pattern. The offset was spot-on and gave good clearance all round. :thumb

The disadvantage of larger diameter tyres is taller gearing, but I was prepared to put up with this (Great for highway cruising :thumb).

If you do decide to cut the guards and put flares on for wider tyres (your choice), John Sherman has them in fibreglass for sale on the Gold Coast